Behold the sad spectacle of the Alaska booth at Trump’s state fair.
As someone said on Reddit, “That rug really tied the room together, did it not?”
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The incumbent mishandled this matter by portraying himself as a hapless victim and giving “Senator Sullivan” of Petersburg free worldwide publicity and the foundation for a political campaign.
The “Senator Sullivan” campaign can be based on everything the other Sen. Sullivan is afraid to talk about—the $1.776 billion slush fund, the free jet, the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the endless Trump corruption and more.
Read MoreThe confidential 2025 document about the AGDC deal with Glenfarne appears to be in wide circulation, as noted in the Alaska Beacon coverage Thursday.
Every member of the Legislature should be required to read this important document and understand it before casting another vote.
Read MoreThe Alaska Beacon has an important story today by reporter James Brooks about some of the secrets that Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. and Glenfarne have kept from legislators and the public.
There is no reason why a redacted version of this document was not released to lawmakers and the public to show the overall terms of the deal the state cut with Glenfarne.
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When Petersburg Dan Sullivan is returned to the election ballot for the U.S. Senate election, as he will be, Alaskans will have one Dan Sullivan with the ability to make public comments about the debacle in Iran, voter suppression, fuel prices and the rest.
Right now we don’t have that.
We only have federal employee Amanda Coyne, ordered by Sullivan to recycle tired talking points in place of Ohio Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, a Republican candidate for governor, picked Josh Church of Fairbanks as his running mate.
Church, who is the brother of Seth Church, a Fairbanks contractor and member of the UA Board of Regents, did not like my blog post about his reaction to his stolen sandbags. ave Bronson, a Republican candidate for governor, picks Josh Church as his running mate.
Church, who is the brother of Seth Church, a Fairbanks contractor and member of the UA Board of Regents, did not like my blog post about his reaction to his stolen sandbags.
Read MoreThe Alaska Supreme Court rejected the effort by the state and advocates of the Pearl Creek charter school Monday to overturn a lower court order and mandate opening the school in August.
But the Pearl Creek planning group filed two new motions in Superior Court Monday trying once more to get an order to open the school, so there is still some uncertainty.
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Fairbanksan Josh Church, a right-wing candidate chosen by Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson as a running mate, is making wild and unsubstantiated claims about “liberals” damaging Bronson/Church campaign signs.
And it’s not just liberal boogeymen in Fairbanks who are the problem. The menacing marauders have been trained by teachers in public schools to disrespect private property, envy people with wealth and lash out at those who don’t agree with them, according to the light guv hopeful.
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Anchorage Rep. Chuck Kopp, the House majority leader, could have been speaking for the oil companies Saturday when he argued for keeping the Hilcorp loophole intact and rejecting the Senate version of the gas line bill.
The Hilcorp loophole will become the Glenfarne loophole, exempting many companies from paying the graduated income tax that applies to oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.
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By an 11-9 vote, the Alaska Senate moved to close the Hilcorp loophole as part of a gas pipeline bill on the last day of the legislative special session.
The Senate approved the bill 12-8. The House did not bring it up, however, and the special session ended. The next special session begins Saturday.
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